LSC-10087 - Module Specification
School of Life Sciences
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2020/21

The development of core practical skills is an essential component of a bioscience degree and therefore this module will enable you to develop laboratory and/or fieldwork skills appropriate to the subject you are studying in the School of Life Sciences in the first year of your course. This module will be delivered through a suite of timetabled laboratory and/or field-based sessions in either semester 1 or semester 2, allowing you to gain hands-on experience in a range of preparative, analytical and observational procedures, as well as in the safe use of equipment and general good laboratory working practices. You will also develop skills in data recording, analysis and interpretation using a laboratory/field notebook and completion of other assigned analysis tasks. Successful completion of the module will be evidenced using a competency sign-off sheet against a set of defined practical and analytical skills. Therefore this module will equip you with appropriate practical skills and competencies for further study in your course.

This module aims to develop core practical skills appropriate to the discipline and level of study, encompassing relevant core laboratory and/or fieldwork skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes

record accurately and appropriately the purpose, methodology, results and analysis/interpretation of outcomes from laboratory and/or field-based investigations in a laboratory/field notebook: 1
demonstrate the set-up and safe use of basic items of laboratory and/or field equipment in the preparation and analysis of biological samples/environments, complying to good laboratory working practices: 1
complete a range of preparative, analytical and observational procedures appropriate to the discipline, following relevant protocols and standard operating procedures: 1

Study hours

25 hours of taught laboratory and/or fieldwork activities
25 hours independent study (preparation for relevant sessions and data analysis)

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment